Prevalence of Coronary Endothelial and Microvascular Dysfunction in Women with Symptoms of Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Is Confirmed by a New Cohort: The NHL... by R. David Anderson, John W. Petersen, Puja K. Mehta, Janet Wei, B. Delia Johnson, Eileen M. Handberg, Saibal Kar, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Kamlesh Kothawade, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Barry Sharaf, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J. Pepine

“…In WISE (n=181) and WISE-CVD (n=235) women, mean age in both was 54 years, and 83% were white (WISE) vs 74% (WISE-CVD, p=0.04). Use of hormone replacement therapy was less frequent in WISE-CVD vs WISE (46% vs 57%, p=0.026) as was presence of hypertension (40% vs 52%, p=0.013), hyperlipidemia (20% vs 46%, p<0.0001), and smoking (46% vs 56%, p=0.036). …”
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Health Risk of Ingested Heavy Metals in Fluidized Canned Milks: Are We Drinking Heavy Metals? by Victor Eshu Okpashi

“…The heated liquid was slowly heated with 2.5 mL of 70% HClO4 until a dense white vapor was formed. After cooling the mixture, 10 mL of deionized water was added and the solution was boiled to expel the fumes. …”
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Depot-specific acetylation profiles of adipose tissues—therapeutic targets for metabolically unhealthy obesity by Haoyue Guo, Zhiyi Zhang, Juntao Yang, Jiangfeng Liu, Hongwei Lin, Ningbei Yin

“…The regulation of acetylated modifications in white adipose tissue (WAT), particularly for the differential Kac sites enriched in ECM remodeling and inflammation-related pathways, may serve as an effective intervention strategy for MUO, with NDST1 emerging as a promising therapeutic target. …”
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Image-based analysis of quantitative morphological characteristics of wild potato tubers using the desktop application SeedСounter by K. A. Ivanova, E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, A. A. Egorova, K. A. Koloshina, N. A. Chalaya, D. A. Afonnikov, A. V. Kochetov, E. V. Rogozina, S. V. Gerasimova

“…The application estimates the number and shape of objects scattered on a standard sheet of white paper (i. e. A3 or A4). Twelve accessions from the VIR genebank collection belonging to nine Petota species were grown in pots protected with garden fabric during the growing season of cultivated potato (Novosibirsk region). …”
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AI-Assisted Compressed Sensing Enables Faster Brain MRI for the Elderly: Image Quality and Diagnostic Equivalence with Conventional Imaging by Gu W, Yang C, Wang Y, Hu W, Wu D, Cai S, Hong G, Hu P, Zhang Q, Dai Y

“…Pathological features, including white matter hyperintensities, lacunar infarcts, and enlarged perivascular spaces, were also assessed. …”
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Exendin-4 Improves Diabetic Kidney Disease in C57BL/6 Mice Independent of Brown Adipose Tissue Activation by Shu Fang, Yingying Cai, Fuping Lyu, Hongbin Zhang, Chunyan Wu, Yanmei Zeng, Cunxia Fan, Shaozhou Zou, Yudan Zhang, Ping Li, Ling Wang, YaomingXue, Meiping Guan

“…In vitro, there was no significant effect of exendin-4 on brown or white adipogenesis. However, exendin-4 could improve lipid accumulation and myofibroblast-like phenotype transition of mesangial cells induced by oleate via activating the AMPK pathway. …”
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The effectiveness of honey supplementation in feed for improving goldfish fingerling Carassius auratus immune system against Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria attack by Rosidah Rosidah, Ujang Subhan, Yuniar Mulyani, Rifai Dermawan

“…This was proven by the increased white blood cells (leucocytes) (27.84 ± 5.07%) followed with no apparent clinical symptoms after attacked by A.hydrophila, such as hemorrhage, necrosis, exophthalmia or dropsy, besides showing the highest survival rate with 73.33 ± 11.5%.   …”
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The combined effect of metformin and mirabegron on diet‐induced obesity by Xin‐Yuan Zhao, Ying Liu, Xuan Zhang, Ben‐Chi Zhao, George Burley, Zhi‐Can Yang, Yi Luo, An‐Qi Li, Ruo‐Xin Zhang, Zhi‐Ying Liu, Yan‐Chuan Shi, Qiao‐Ping Wang

“…These benefits of Met/Mir were associated with increased EE, activated brown adipose tissue thermogenesis, and white adipose tissue browning. Significantly, Met/Mir did not cause cardiovascular dysfunction in either model. …”
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Representation of Hispanic Patients in Clinical Trials for Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review by Emily A. Harlan, MD, MA, MSc, Kaitlin Malley, BS, Grecia Quiroga, MD, Eman Mubarak, MD, Pema Lama, BS, Amanda Schutz, PhD, Adolfo Cuevas, PhD, Catherine L. Hough, MD MSc, Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD PhD, Mari Armstrong-Hough, PhD, Thomas S. Valley, MD, MSc

“…Hispanic individuals comprise one-fifth of the U.S. population and Hispanic patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) experience higher odds of death compared with non-Hispanic White patients. Representation of Hispanic patients in clinical trials for respiratory failure is critical to address this inequity. …”
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Comparative cardiometabolic safety and effectiveness of aripiprazole in people with severe mental illness: A target trial emulation. by Alvin Richards-Belle, Alvin Richards-Belle, Naomi Launders, Sarah Hardoon, Al Richards, Kenneth K C Man, Neil M Davies, Elvira Bramon, Joseph F Hayes, David P J Osborn

“…Median (IQR) age was 53 (42-67) years, 55.4% were female, 82.3% White, and 18.0% were diagnosed with schizophrenia. …”
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Early prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with congestive heart failure in intensive care unit: a retrospective observational cohort study by Tao Huang, Rui Yang, Jun Lyu, Didi Han, Fengshuo Xu, Shuai Zheng, Luming Zhang, Haiyan Yin

“…Multivariate analysis determined that the independent risk factors were age, race, norepinephrine, dopamine, phenylephrine, vasopressin, mechanical ventilation, intubation, hepatic failure (HepF), heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, systolic blood pressure (SBP), anion gap (AG), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, chloride, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and white cell count (WCC). The C-index of the nomogram (0.767, 95% CI 0.759 to 0.779) was superior to that of the traditional Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Acute Physiology Score III and Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure scores, indicating its discrimination power. …”
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Bronchiolitis Severity Affects Blood Count and Inflammatory Marker Levels: A Real-Life Experience by Antonella Gambadauro, Salvatore Mollica, Emanuela Rosa, Federica Xerra, Alessandra Li Pomi, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Agata Vitale, Eloisa Gitto, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giuseppina Zirilli, Sara Manti

“…Prolonged LOS (≥6 days) was associated with high values of total white blood cells, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. …”
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Human soft tissue sarcomas harbor an intratumoral viral microbiome which is linked with natural killer cell infiltrate and prognosis by William J Murphy, Robert J Canter, Nikhil Joshi, Sean J Judge, Morgan A Darrow, Steve W Thorpe, Alicia A Gingrich, Lauren M Perry, Sylvia M Cruz, Kara T Kleber, Louis B Jones, Ugur N Basmaci, Matthew L Settles, Blythe P Durbin-Johnson, Arta Monir Monjazeb, Janai Carr-Ascher, Jonathan A Eisen

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Linear association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and postoperative delirium after general anesthesia: a cross-sectional study by Xiao Qin, Junming Ren, Chunping Xing, Lijiao Chen, Renjie Wang, Shouyuan Tian

“…Compared to the lower Hs-CRP group, patients in the higher Hs-CRP group exhibited higher age, heart rate, white blood cell count, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, fibrinogen, D-dimer, and a higher prevalence of CKD, but lower hemoglobin, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, albumin and estimated glomerular filtration rate. …”
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Significance of Heparin-Binding Protein and D-dimers in the Early Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis by Tomasz Mikuła, Mariusz Sapuła, Joanna Jabłońska, Joanna Kozłowska, Wojciech Stańczak, Dagny Krankowska, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało

“…In clinical practice, new inflammation biomarkers are needed for the early diagnosis of SBP, as well-known biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), or peripheral blood white blood cell (WBC) count, lack the required specificity and sensitivity. …”
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The Effect of Laboratory Parameters on the Hospital Stay and Mortality in Pediatric Patients Who Underwent Lobectomy and Pneumonectomy by Ahmet Ulusan, Hilal Zehra Kumbasar Danaci, Bekir Elma, Maruf Sanli, Ahmet Feridun Isik

“…Laboratory parameters included white blood cell (WBC) count, red cell distribution width (RDW), platelet (PLT) count, neutrophil count, mean platelet volume (MPV), monocyte count and lymphocyte count. …”
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Impaired Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Function in Pediatric Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders by Gisela Chelimsky, Pippa Simpson, Liyun Zhang, Doug Bierer, Steve Komas, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Thomas Chelimsky

“…We evaluated mitochondrial function in the white blood cells of these patients. Methods. This prospective Children’s Wisconsin IRB approved study recruited subjects aging 10–18 years from pediatric neurogastroenterology clinics and healthy comparison subjects (HC). …”
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A retrospective multicenter study on the efficacy and safety of disitamab vedotin monotherapy versus combination with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced gastric cancer by Shuailei Dong, Chen Wei, Xueting Wang, Xinyi Yang, Wei Shen, Shuyi Li, Jiye Xu, Yijie Ma, Liangyu Bie, Wenyue Yu, Ning Li

“…Furthermore, the most common grade 3–5 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) included decreased white-blood-cell (WBC) count, decreased neutrophil count, and anemia. …”
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Cerebral Ultrasound at Term-Equivalent Age: Correlations with Neuro-Motor Outcomes at 12–24 Months Corrected Age by Adrian Ioan Toma, Vlad Dima, Lidia Rusu, Alexandra Floriana Nemeș, Bogdan Florin Gonț, Alexandra Arghirescu, Andreea Necula, Alina Fieraru, Roxana Stoiciu, Larisa Andrășoaie, Loredana Mitran, Claudia Mehedințu, Al Jashi Isam

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The abnormal gross and fine motor outcome in former premature infants at 12–24 months corrected age is significantly associated with abnormal findings in the head ultrasound examination performed at TEA reflecting both white matter (increased midbody distance) and grey matter (decreased diameter of the basal ganglia, decreased cortical depth and an immature gyration pattern) involvement.…”
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The analysis of risk factors for diabetic kidney disease progression: a single-centre and cross-sectional experiment in Shanghai by Shan Huang, Juan Du, Nan Zhao, Wen Liu, Fan Hu, Xiaoxu Ge, Xiaohong Jiang, Wenfang Peng, Lisha Shen, Lili Xia

“…Finally, the receiver operating characteristics curve is used to verify the result.Results The logistic regression model indicated age (OR=1.020, p=0.017, 95% CI 1.004 to 1.040), systolic blood pressure (OR=1.013, p=0.006, 95% CI 1.004 to 1.022), waist circumference (OR=1.021, p=0.015, 95% CI 1.004 to 1.038), white blood cells (WBC, OR=1.185, p=0.001, 95% CI 1.085 to 1.295) and triglycerides (TG, OR=1.110, p=0.047, 95% CI 1.001 to 1.230) were risk factors for DKD, while free triiodothyronine (fT3, OR=0.711, p=0.011, 95% CI 0.547 to 0.926) was a protective factor for DKD in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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